# 453: Australia Poetry — “Gravity”

Silke Schmidt
2 min readMar 4, 2023

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Poem

Ⓒ Silke Schmidt

Gravity is trust,

Falling into the hands

Of people known.

Can you fall?

Without knowing?

You never know

But you can prepare.

Stretch your muscles,

Practice your skills.

Your body tense,

Your mind focused,

Looking at the wall,

Preparing to jump.

Hands will open,

Down on the ground.

It takes pain to get here

But there is no other way.

To be you

If you feel it,

Hold on to it.

Pursue your being

With every cell of the body.

You have one life,

Yours is art.

Pure pleasing,

Pure living the moment.

People watching,

They pay

They clap,

If they feel?

Does not matter,

You know

That gravity is an illusion,

A game to play,

A drug to consume.

Sometimes too much

Gets you in trouble.

That is alright,

You need it

To come back to balance,

Jump and fall,

They will catch you.

Those who love

Will feel it with you.

Gravity is a thought

One that liberates.

It makes us fall,

It hurts us,

And then we break free

Into open space.

Take off your clothes,

Take off your mask,

Not needed,

Fall as you are

And you will see

There is more to life

Than fear and pain.

Ready?

One, two, three…

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